The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-01-20
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.



IL osssal ssssosa.
W4MHRsEo JaA i0.-oqRArH-After the
ssc4l morning esinsss Of rlesenting oommu.
nie1clons and to(itions, reso0 11ons were report.
BY Consrcss for the celebration, about April 90,
1o0, Of the centennial Of the adoption Of the
Constitution. A conference was asked on the
bill for the allotment 70 Indians Of lands In sew
aralty.
HoUsD.-A Senate bill was passed for the erec
tion Of public building at Camden, N. j., to
cost QoQO@ An oeth Of once talsea ~ Con
gressman Aiken, Of the Third Congressional
District, was presented BY Mr.. Dibble, who ask.
cd that II be received from Mr.. Aiken, who was
unable TO take the oath in the House, on &C.
count Of sickness II was referred TO the Com
mtttee on Judiciary for report Under the call
Of States number Of bills were introduced. A
resolution was agreed to setting aside Wednes-
day and Thursday next for the anti-polygamy
bill and other Judiciary Committee measures
WARRINGTON, Jan. 11.--SENArE.-A bill was
reported granting right Of way through Indian
reservations In Montana and Dakota to the st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba railroad; also
bill for the relief Of military telegraph op-
erators; also TO equalse pensions for total disa-
bility. Mr.. Sherman Oby reQuesD introduced .
bill to reimburse the depositors Of the Freed
mems Bank. A bill was passed for the relief Of
certain settlers In Kansas. Consideration Of the
interstate commerce bill was resumed, Messrs
Harris, Coke and salisbury favoring, and No
Pherson opposing the conference report
HousE.-Senste amendments were concurred
IN to the bill providing for q school Of instruc.
tion for cavalry and light artillery Tho river
and harbor appropriation bill was reported and
referred to the committee Of the whole.
Wednesday February q ct 8p. m, was set
apart Tor considering resolutions on the death
Of VIM T. Price, Of Wisconsin. A bill was
reported prohibiting the appointment Of Con.
gressional committees TO attend funerals ct
public expense outside the District, and TO pro-
hibit the draping Of pubic buildings except
upon authority Of tho President. A bill ap-
propristing 100000 for site and 100000 for the
erection Of public building in Charleston was
passed. Under the call Of committees the bill
for the relief of VIM. McGarrahan came up
from the Committee on Mines and Mining. A
point Of order that this was private measure
was sustained. Arguments consumed the
morning hour without action. bill creating
Department Of Agriculture and Labor was
passed-8M 70 70.
WASHINGTON, Jan. H. - SENATE = House
amendments to the bill appropriating 100000
for the Camden IN: ~ public building were
concurred In. The fortifcations bill aprropri.
Mr.. Ingalls,, the Senate bill to amend sec-
tion S49 Of the Revised Statutes, In
regard to renting or selling Government
property, was taken up and passed. Mr..
Manderson introduced q bill to facilitate pro-
motions and to retire from active service, on
their own application, officers Of the army who
served during tho war Of the rebellion three
years, as Officers or enlisted men, in the volun-
teer or regular army. Referred. The Inter-
State Commerce bill was taken up. Messrs.
Call, Hoar, Harris, George and Mitchell spoke.
At 4:40 p m the Senate went into executive
session and adjourned at p. m.
HOUsE.-A bill for an additional Associate
Justice in the Southern District of New York
was passed. The anti.polygamy bill was reported,
and, utter discussion, passed without division.
The Speaker announced the appointment of
Messrs. Skinner Peel and Perkins as conferees
on the bill for the allotment Of land in sever
atty to Indians Tho floor has been under
special order accorded to the Committee on the
Judiciary. Mr.. Collins (Mass.) called up the
bill providing for IN additional Circuit Judge in
the Second Judicial Circuit. After some discus.
sion 1t was passed. At $50 the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON JAM 18.-SENATE-Among the
bills reported and placed on the calendar were
the following: For the erection Of monument
to the negro soldiers and sailors who died In
the service during the war; appropriating
100000 for carrying the mails between the
United States and Brazil and Central and
South America, and sppropristing $4,000 for
the ietties at Charleston harbor resolution
was adopted calling for information from the
Secretary Of the Treasury % to money paid on
account Of the prosecution Of Government
cases from 1870 to 1855, with list of all
officials and employees engaged therein and
their services. A bill was passed sending to the
Court Of Claims the claim Of the legal repre-
sattx - unu~ n 3d.
government of the Sibley tent. The interstate
commerce bill was then discussed, Senator
Evarts speaking after the conference report
After Evarts' speech 1t was agreed to take Q
vote tomorrow before adjournment. The anti-
polygamy bill, as 1t passed the House, was re-
ceived and the amendments non-concurred in.
A conference was ordered.
HOUsE.-A resolution was adopted calling
upon the Secretary Of the Treasury for'informa-
nation regarding the monthly purchase Of bull
lion and the coinage Of standard dollars. A
number Of bills from the Judiciary Committee
were passed relating to judicial matters. Pend
ing debate on the bill extending for one year the
right Of action In cases arising under the cap-
tured and abandoned property act, the House ct
6p. m. adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ll.-SENATE.-After some
morning business o motion was agreed upon to
proceed with the consideration of the inter-
State Commerce bill, yeas 81, nays 12 con.
ference report was agreed TO reducing the ap-
preparation to provide arms and equipments for
the militia from eoOO.000 to 100000 Messrs.
Hoer, Sherman, Aldrich, Morrill, and Morgan
spoke for re-committing the interstate Com
merce bill, Messrs. Edmunds, Brown, Ingalls,,
Spooner and Cullom for concurrence. The mo-
tion to re-commit failed by II majority and the
conference report was then adopted by 2S mo.
jority.
HOUsE.-The conference report on the Elec-
toral count bill was agreed to. number Of
committee reports were presented end the
House took up Senate bills upon the private
calendar and passed several At6p.m. recess
was taken until z 7:80. the evening session being
for the consideration Of pension bills.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-SENArE.-Not in ses-
sion.
HOUsE.-The conference committees report
was ordered printed in the Record In bill form
for convenience Of reference when the question
was taken up. The Senate bill for retirement
and recoinage Of the trade dollar was reported
favorably. The bill authorizing McIarrahan to
take his claims to the Court of Claims was laid
ON the table. The House went into committee
OF the whole, and began the discussion Of the
river and harbor bill.
TIE total values Of exports Of beef, pork
and dairy products for twelve months end
cd December 81, 1855, were t66,O44, ,cSl,
against eaa, ,550, $40 for the sams time the
wf-~x.